Built to change

Ruhr University Bochum has been driving change in the Ruhr area for 60 years. Together, we are breaking down disciplinary boundaries, daring to try new paths and welcoming talents who excel with us.

Career Fair

Career Service connects students and employers

Exhibitors from a wide range of industries are represented over two days in the event center to get in touch with talents. The Fair will take place on Juni 16 and 17.

Excellence Strategy

RUB and TU Dortmund apply as Ruhr Innovation Lab

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People

Die IT-Forscher Eike Kiltz und Christof Paar

“The combination of cutting-edge international research and a highly collaborative work environment has been the deciding factor in hiring decisions on more than one occasion.”

Professor Eike Kiltz (left) and Professor Christof Paar from Exzellenzcluster CASA – Securing the Digital Society

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News

Physical chemistry

Light as a Brake

A research team in Bochum has made an unexpected observation: Light can slow down movements in the nanoworld. This is due to quantum friction, a phenomenon that has been hitherto poorly understood.

Electrical engineering

When Laser Light Dances by the Rules

Nature organizes itself: For example, individual cells create an organism. Researchers are translating the principles of self-organization to technical applications, in the hope of developing an atomic 3D printer.

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Study at Ruhr University Bochum

With its wide variety of subjects and faculties, Ruhr University Bochum offers almost limitless study opportunities. But don't worry: There are many offers for advice, orientation and support, especially when starting your studies. With individual talent support, Ruhr University helps young people to find their way and fully realize their potential.

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Research at Ruhr University Bochum

The big questions of our time can only be answered together. This is why researchers at Ruhr University work together across disciplinary boundaries. The compact campus with its 21 faculties facilitates this collaboration on overarching questions of global change.

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Forscher hantiert mit technischen Geräten

Founding at Ruhr University Bochum

Ruhr University is a think tank, laboratory and production facility for the innovations that our world urgently needs. With the WORLDFACTORY, it also has a unique location for technology and knowledge-based spin-offs.

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